40431001: Tears (substance)

SNOMED CT Concept\Substance\...

\Material (substance)\Body material (substance)\Body fluid\Eye fluid (substance)\Tears

\Substance categorised by physical state\Liquid substance\Body fluid\Eye fluid (substance)\Tears

\Body substance\Body material (substance)\Body fluid\Eye fluid (substance)\Tears
\Body substance\Body secretion\Tears

Status: current, Not sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 31-Jan 2002. Module: SNOMED CT core

Descriptions:

Id Description Lang Type Status Case? Module

67415016 Tears en Synonym (core metadata concept) Active Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) SNOMED CT core

777074014 Tears (substance) en Fully specified name Active Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) SNOMED CT core

Expanded Value Set

Outbound Relationships	Type	Target	Active	Characteristic	Refinability	Group	Values
Tears	Is a	Body fluid	false	Inferred relationship	Some
Tears	Is a	Body secretion	true	Inferred relationship	Some
Tears	Part of	Lacrimal apparatus structure	false	Inferred relationship	Some
Tears	Is a	Eye fluid (substance)	true	Inferred relationship	Some

Inbound Relationships	Type	Active	Source	Characteristic	Refinability	Group
Epiphora due to excess lacrimation	Finding site	False	Tears	Inferred relationship	Some
Tear film insufficiency	Finding site	False	Tears	Inferred relationship	Some
Excessive tear production	Finding site	False	Tears	Inferred relationship	Some
Epiphora due to insufficient drainage	Finding site	False	Tears	Inferred relationship	Some
Epiphora of unspecified cause	Finding site	False	Tears	Inferred relationship	Some
Epiphora NOS	Finding site	False	Tears	Inferred relationship	Some
Tears specimen	Specimen substance (attribute)	True	Tears	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Tear fluid sample	Specimen substance (attribute)	False	Tears	Inferred relationship	Some
Tear lysozyme (substance)	Is a	False	Tears	Inferred relationship	Some
Tear lactoferrin (substance)	Is a	False	Tears	Inferred relationship	Some
Tear IgE	Is a	False	Tears	Inferred relationship	Some
Lacrimal fluid specimen	Specimen substance (attribute)	False	Tears	Inferred relationship	Some
Lacrimal fluid (substance)	Is a	True	Tears	Inferred relationship	Some
Tears specimen	Specimen substance (attribute)	False	Tears	Inferred relationship	Some	1

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